Profile: Oberholtzer was quite likely the most effective Astros starter in 2013, garnering 1.3 wins above replacement despite throwing only 71.2 innings in the major leagues. Each of his colleagues that were in similar territory threw 125 or more innings to reach that mark. He is a sturdy lefty who works with a low-90s fastball, a changeup and a curve. Baseball Info Solutions' classification labels his repertoire relatively simply, but according to the pitcher himself, he's anything but. He adds and subtracts to his breaking ball -- sliders and curves from the same grip in his eyes -- as he sees fit, sacrificing speed for movement in an attempt to change eye levels and simply keep hitters guessing. In an interview in the minor leagues, he even noted that he throws a knuckle curve. But while Oberholtzer was effective in 2013, it wasn't remarkably so. He fanned just 15.4% of hitters, and while that looks good in comparison to his 4.4% walk rate, it probably isn't good enough to carry him as a flyball pitcher (in Houston). One way he can benefit is to throw his offspeed pitches more, as each of his offspeed offerings garnered relatively good whiff rates. As someone who has kept the bases clean of free passes, this seems like a logical way for him to improve organically over the year to come. To his credit, it seems as though he works down in the zone very effectively. At this point, though, it doesn't appear that Oberholtzer is someone to target in fantasy leagues, however. (Brandon Warne)

The Quick Opinion: Oberholtzer looks like someone who can hang as a back-end guy in a rotation, but for fantasy purposes that makes him useful only in AL-only or really deep leagues.

Profile: Brett Oberholtzer has one above-average pitch: a changeup that works better against left-handed hitters. He is downright bad against righties (8.6% strikeouts minus walks, 12% is average; 4.57 xFIP). Ideally (for his outcomes), he would be a left-hand specialist out of the Astros’ bullpen who prevents damage based on his homerun prevention and command (excellent 4.5% career walk rate). (Dan Schwartz)

The Quick Opinion: The Astros only have three established and effective starters at the moment, and Brad Peacock could miss time early on after hip surgery, so Oberholtzer might be guaranteed a spot in Astros’ rotation until they commit to emerging starters. With little-to-no potential for strikeouts or an ERA south of 4.00, he should not consume a spot on even your deepest AL-only rosters.

Profile: Part of the package that Philadelphia received when sending Ken Giles to the Astros in December, Oberholtzer is the type of starter the Phillies want for the back end of their rotation in 2016. Our own Jeff Sullivan had this to say following the trade: "He’s unexciting, and he has a very low ceiling, but he’s a year removed from looking like a number four or number five, and he’s not yet at two years of service time. Oberholtzer is one of those guys you like to have when you’re rebuilding, to put in the rotation to keep a slot from being a total zero." That might not seem complimentary, but Oberholtzer can be characterized as solidly unspectacular: his strikeout rate has never exceeded 15.8% in the majors, but his walk rate -- outside of a short stint as a reliever during 2015 -- has been almost half the league average in his time in the big leagues. He throws strikes, doesn't put men on base, and showed an improvement in his ground ball rate in 2015. All of this is unexciting. But a lot of baseball is built on those types of players, and it's what the Phillies need right now. (Owen Watson)

The Quick Opinion: Likely to slot into the Phillies rotation in 2016 after being traded from the Astros in December, Oberholtzer has the makeup of a number five starter: great command, very few strikeouts, and serious fly ball tendencies. Unless he shows greatly improvement -- or your fantasy rotation is in dire need of an emergency start -- Oberholtzer is probably best left in the draft pool.